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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 20–31, September–October. 1976.
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Borzenko, B.N., Karelov, N.V., Rebrov, A.K. et al. Experimental investigation of the population of the rotational levels of molecules in a free jet of nitrogen. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 17, 615–624 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00864147
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